Bruce Springsteen condemns Trump over ICE actions in Minneapolis during surprise concert
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... Bruce Springsteen slammed President Donald Trump and the federal crackdown on immigrants during a surprise performance Saturday in his home state of New Jersey.

During his comments at the Light of Day Winterfest Concert, Springsteen dedicated a song to the memory of Renee Good, who was killed by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.

The legendary rocker called on federal agents to leave Minneapolis and for fans of his music to tell Trump the same.

Springsteen then dedicated his 1978 song "The Promised Land" to Good's memory, according to cellphone video from the performance shared by NJ.com and other outlets.

"Right now, we are living through incredibly critical times. The United States, the ideals and the values for which it stood for the past 250 years is being tested as it has never been in modern times. Those values and those ideals have never been as in danger as they are right now," Springsteen said.

"If you stand against heavily armed masked federal troops invading an American city using gestapo tactics against our fellow citizens.

If you believe you don't deserve to be murdered for exercising your American right to protest, then send a message to this president because the mayor of that city has said ICE should get the f--k out of Minneapolis.

And this song is for you and in the memory of a mother of three, an American citizen, Renee Good," he added. ...

Springsteen tells ICE get the f--- out,' pleads for America's future at surprise N.J. performance
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... Nearing the end of his surprise performance in Red Bank Saturday night, Bruce Springsteen paused to address the crowd, hoping not to be "out of order" and disrupt the benefit concert's otherwise convivial atmosphere.

Springsteen began to explain the origin of his 1978 song "The Promised Land," noting "I wrote this song as an ode to American possibility, it was (about) both the beautiful but flawed country that we are, and to the country that we could be."

Springsteen, 76, then pivoted to condemnation, urging the audience inside the Count Basie Center for the Arts to stand against the Trump administration's deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in American cities, particularly in Minneapolis. ...